FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm. In 2006 it took over Financial Dynamics (also known as FD) a leading financial and corporate PR and lobbying firm with offices in Europe, the US, Asia, the Middle East and South Africa. FTI now offers lobbying services under its name.

Declaring clients and lobbyists

FTI declared their clients and lobbyists for the first time in APPC's '1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015' register.[1]

Revolving door

In October 2010 former Foreign Office minister Lord Mark Malloch Brown joined FTI Consulting as chairman for global affairs. Four months before that FTI had hired Vicky Pryce – formerly a senior civil servant at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) – as a senior managing director in its economic consulting team, advising companies on issues including public policy.

In December 2014 former Labour health minister Patricia Hewitt joined FTI in London as a senior adviser, working under former Conservative Party lobbyist Alex Deane.

In October 2018 former Conservative aide and ex-CEO of lobbyists Burson Marsteller, Stephen Day j joined FTI, six months after it was reported Day had been made redundant from his role as CEO of B-M's UK arm as part of its merger with US firm Cohn & Wolfe.[2] Day is now a partner and senior MD in FTI's strategic communications division. He reports to FTI EMEA vice chairman John Waples and leads 'a new cross-disciplinary team focusing on campaigns and issues management for “major international mandates.”'[3] In May 2019 PR Week reported Day had been made the head of issues and campaigns.

Andrew Walton, senior managing director of FTI Strategic Communications, based in London. Is global head of financial services for the practice. Previously at Morgan Stanley in New York where he was vice-president of corporate communications for global investment banking business, and before that held a similar role in London for the European business. [6]